The issue isn't with the icons being renamed (they can't be, they are part of the public API). It is that you can count on different devices having different looks for these icons, so unless your applications able to -only- use the icons available in the system and none of its own, on an increasing number of devices you are going to find that your menu icons end up a mix of styles, some matching whatever the host device is using, and some in the style you did yourself to match the default Android style.
The new documentation is news to me... looks like something I didn't get a chance to review.:( I'll make sure it gets fixed. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:03 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > > String wrote: > > On Jul 28, 12:22 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> android.R.drawable.ic_menu_preferences. > >> I suggested that once on this list, and a member of the core Android > >> team pointed out that this is a really bad idea, since those resource > >> values might change, or the underlying graphics might change. > > > > Funny, I got the idea from the Dev Guide, where it's given as a Best > > Practice: > http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design.html#menuapx > > That *is* interesting. It was some of those very images that I was > commenting about. > > Since the guidelines came out after my discussion on the topic, the > guidelines should be correct. > > > Admittedly, that's just for a subset of the images (menu and status > > bar icons), but hopefully that implies that these resources at least > > aren't going to be renamed. Beyond what's on that list, I agree, it's > > probably better to make a copy. > > Agreed. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, $35/Year > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
